If his new life as a coach turns into a disaster for the moment, Andrea Pirlo will forever remain a football player in his own right who made millions of people happy for two decades. A major player for AC Milan then Juventus Turin, via the Italian team, the Italian architect has mainly splashed his talent on the lawns of Serie A. However, the former transalpine international (116 caps , 13 goals) could have had a very different career trajectory.
During an interview given to Radio TV Serie A, the native of Flero revealed that he had signed a contract with Real Madrid in 2006, on the sidelines of the Squadra Azzurra’s World Cup coronation and as a continuation of the infamous “Calciopoli”, a real sporting scandal linked to fixed matches involving various professional clubs and numerous managers. As a reminder, his club AC Milan had at the time suffered a simple withdrawal of points at the end of this affair at the time when Juventus Turin saw itself being demoted to Serie B with a penalty of 30 points. “After Calciopoli, we had just won the World Cup and we didn’t know how Italian football was going to resume. I had already signed a contract with Real Madrid, but Milan remained in Serie A and the Champions League. So I signed with the Rossoneri.”declared the current Sampdoria coach.
